New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-05

Inccrtltude struggling WltD vi 9''P
tlcsm mtigated by reluctant hopefulness but In Mr.
peecber,s case the verdict was unanimous and en-
| phatic He looked a preacher, and not the less 10
than he looked a man. lie excited no sentiment by
pale sickness of complexion. No anxiety was feit
his lungs when that sonorous and stormy voice
denounced the gambler, the sensuallst the pleasure
lover and the drunkard In those ardent lectures to
young dedicated his father, which ELECTED the
waiInest concentrations from the professors, The
judges the pastors, the editors Of America Gap,
plause.) For hciy elOquencc, Mr.. Beccher never
surpassed those lectures though he may have changed
and ennobled his style, as Macanlay drew away from
tho early essay Milton toward the caner MOOD
! OF his Addison, his Bunyan and his Goldsmith.
1t was the comparatively young teacher that thun,
dered In those lesI ana tns sms he
Of Just Indignation Mr.. Bcschcrs discourses were
unique In their intellectual range though not Tree
from a certain monOtOny Of conception and even form
Other have occasional power; now ana again they
can high and work miracles In thought ana eio
auence some Invisible moon brings up inc huo Oh
mental energy they make supreme efforts ana suncl
days after in consequence Of unusual expenditure o.
and are pcnstvcy inquired about men who expected
to recover from their INFINITE fatigue
| Mr. Beecher was great without toll, mighty without
that they were In h danger mems l s'S SERMONS
| TO their own relief and delight OF many, no sai"
Firstly: when they had gwen out all Their prean, nc
began to load tho tables with inteectua, ~
pulpit genius. Then he monotony Of the mere hahc
| work or outline was forgotten In the multituae anu
yiytdness OF tho illustrations, which turned aos'Lac'
truth into concrete pictures Mr. Beecher haa
supreme gift OF language, Is was betokened Dy his
pIanet like cycs-eyes full Is Shakespeare a.
radiant as Gladstones, expressive a. Garfick ~ ~
the mao of words nocronancer, uncoisciousiS
% 10 a large extent, for he never knew how wen ne
| was expressing himself Yet to limit his eoquencf
| 70 his words were either ignorance or injustice
ELooUENCE LIKE THE FLUENCY OF THE OCEAN
Fluer,y In preacher is often disease In some In
stances IL Is q crime-aIways o crme when 1t deposes
conscience and prefers Its own windness to hones'
painstaking MI Bccchers eloquencc was Ike the nu-
ency Of the Atlantica constant motion, mysterious
depth an infinite or an Infinite assault. ZAP
pausc) OF our sainted friend 1t may be truly sa'o
| that his thoughts greater than his language
Every word had Is own tint Of intellectual beauty
every sentence its freight Of rich meaning every
sermon It's gallery Of pictures or Its GALAXY OF STARS
cloud appiause) ..u.. 81. .,or~,,.
were countless We have had great preachers III Ely
land such as Dopne the poet preacher OF whom nisnoL
Iightfoot said Nothing can DO pore olrect or ols
real than his eager, impctuous ei0quence whon ~
speaks Of Cod redemption Of Heaven ana n Of .ne
bountifulncss Of Divine Love; such ~ ISAAC barrow
~ WSam Dr. Wsce aays: He emerees from oycry
sermon victor over some form Of SIN or error WIZ